Body length male: 2-5mm. Prosoma yellow-brown, legs yellow-brown with femur darker than remaining segments. Opisthosoma yellow-brown. 

Identification of this species “Requires examination at high magnification in good lighting, typically examination of the genitalia." Bee, L., Oxford, G., & Smith, H. (2020). Britain's Spiders: A Field Guide. Second Edition. Princeton University Press.

Associated with sand-hills, coastal grasslands, estuarine habitats and occasionally inland grassland habitats including fens and reed-beds. 

All year. 

Scattered distribution in the southern half of Britain.

Rare. 

https://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Summary/s/Ozyptila+simplex